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The Turning Point
Quick Facts
DirectorFrank Beyer
Runtime1h 42m · 12
GenresDrama
Release1983-01-20
Film

The Turning Point

1983· 12· 1h 42m· Drama

In the fall of 1945, nineteen year-old Mark Niebuhr, is accused of murder and is jailed as a prisoner of war in Warsaw, Poland. He maintains his claim of innocence throughout long periods of solitary confinement. When Mark is placed among a group of Polish criminals, he becomes the target of their aggression. Later, Mark experiences true hell in a communal cell with fanatical German war criminals. Turning Point is based on actual events from Hermann Kant's novel of the same name.

1983-01-20
The Turning Point

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Key Crew
DirectorFrank Beyer
Director of PhotographyEberhard Geick
Full cast & crew (13 cast · 6 crew)

Details

Released1983-01-20
Runtime1h 42m · 12
StatusReleased
StudiosDEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
LanguagesGerman · Polish
CountriesEast Germany
Rating4.9/10 · 8 votes
Original languagede

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